Man stabbed in College area

A motorist with two women in his car was stabbed in an arm early Saturday when he told several men he did not belong to a gang, San Diego police said.

The victim, in his early 20s, and his passengers had stopped on Fergus Street in the College area, reportedly looking for a party. When the women got out of the car, half a dozen men walked up to them, Officer Frank Cali said.

The women got back into the car, rolled up the windows and locked the doors. Cali said the men started knocking on the glass, telling the women to roll down the windows, but the women refused.

Then one of the men knocked on the driver’s window, and he rolled it down. He was asked if he belonged to a gang, and when he said no, the other man pulled out a knife. The motorist raised his arm to fend off the knife and was stabbed in the elbow, Cali said.

At that point, the victim and his companions drove away, and went to a hospital. Hospital staff notified police about 3 a.m.

The described the assailant as Latino, 5 feet 6 inches to 5 feet 9 inches tall, 170 to 180 pounds, and wearing a blue baseball cap, a brown or gray hooded jacket and blue jeans.